Category: Fosbury Flop

Dick Fosbury, 76, Whose ‘Flop’ Transformed the High Jump, Is Dead

The New York Times – Sports:
His back-first, neck-down leaping style struck competitors and onlookers as a novelty act. After he won an Olympic gold in 1968, it came to dominate his sport.

Dick Fosbury, 76, Whose ‘Flop’ Transformed the High Jump, Is Dead